John Kean (New Jersey)

John Kean (4 December 1852-4 November 1914) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NJ 3) from 4 March 1883 to 3 March 1885 (succeeding Miles Ross and preceding Robert Stockton Green) and from 4 March 1887 to 3 March 1889 (succeeding Green and preceding Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer). He also served as a US Senator from New Jersey from 4 March 1899 to 3 March 1911, succeeding James Smith, Jr. and preceding James Edgar Martine.

Biography
John Kean was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1852, the brother of Hamilton Fish Kean. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and he worked in banking and manufacturing before entering politics. Kean served in the US House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885 and from 1887 to 1889, and his efforts to establish a post office at Granville, Monmouth County led to the town being renamed "Keansburg" in his honor. In 1891, he became chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, and he served in the US Senate from 1899 to 1911. After leaving politics, he continued his banking career, and he died in 1914.